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Democracies are premised on authority resting within its citizenry. Christodemocracy empowers its citizens with a strong, shared identity based in faith. Conversely this reliance on faith yields authority to interpreters of scripture. Groups that reject the sovereignty of scripture threaten the interpreters’ authority. So participation is encouraged while illegitimate identities are stymied.
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Hudson, G.S. (2016). Christodemocracy Paradoxically Embraces Populist Faith and Strict Hierarchical Authority. In: Christodemocracy and the Alternative Democratic Theory of America’s Christian Right. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52364-8_11
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